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Itchy joints
Has anyone else ever noticed that the joints which are most sore itch deep inside? I first noticed it in my hands, that a joint would seem itchy, but scratching didn't help. After a while I realized that it was a precursor to, or concurrent to my joints being inflamed. Just wondering how common this is, and if anyone knows the name for it. Also, out of curiosity, if you have experienced this, what autoimmune disease do you have.
I have itchy joints.......but not in my fingers. Its in my shoulders neck hip joints knees.... I have been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis years ago. But now all of a sudden my joints are itching and the main place I am feeling it is in my neck area. Its not the skin. I have always had dry itchy skin and the best thing I found years ago was to use dove soap. If I do not use it I will itch to death. I also have used the Voltaren Gel but just for pain relief and started using it again once they started itching inside. I think that is what they are doing its itching? But you cant scratch it.
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All of a sudden, my thumb is locking up to where I absolutely can't bend it without a loud violent pop, sore and itching like crazy on another part of the thumb joint. I do not know what to do about this deep joint itch. Ivy.
It wouldn't hurt to be re-tested to RA, but you may also have sero-negative RA, meaning it doesn't show up in your blood. You can also get you "SED Rate" checked during a flare. There are lots of types of autoimmune arthritis, and not all are easy to diagnose. I started this thread in 2008, and now in 2014 I am no closer to an answer. I have had success with using steroid cream or Voltaren Gel to decrease the pain and itching.
I'm 33 and have had this trouble for about 8 years now. Mine is in my thumb and toe joints, and in my ring finger. The swelling, heat, and ITCHING is miserable. Mine doesn't seem to be connected to diet, and I don't have the skin troubles like some others have mentioned, but my joints will be swollen, pink, and warm to the touch when they flare up. I didn't test positive for RA (at the time) but have no other idea what might be causing the trouble. My grandma had RA and would talk about her joints being hot and itchy but I'm wondering if I need to get retested for RA. Any ideas?
Hi, cino,
I, too, have maddeningly itchy joints in my feet and sometimes in my knuckles. I have scratched them until they blistered, scratched the blisters until they broke and hurt, then medicated them and bandaged them because the pain was tolerable, whereas the itching was not. I also have fibromyalgia and, having read the responses of others here, I think we both should start keeping a food diary, annoying as that is. All my cousins have some sort or another of autoimmune disorder (I have no siblings, but these are double cousins - my mom's sister married my dad's brother.) Do you have a lot of relatives with autoimmune disorders as well?
I wonder, too, if it could be from overuse. I cut a bunch of vines off a fence yesterday and now both my shoulder joints are itching like fury.
I, too, have maddeningly itchy joints in my feet and sometimes in my knuckles. I have scratched them until they blistered, scratched the blisters until they broke and hurt, then medicated them and bandaged them because the pain was tolerable, whereas the itching was not. I also have fibromyalgia and, having read the responses of others here, I think we both should start keeping a food diary, annoying as that is. All my cousins have some sort or another of autoimmune disorder (I have no siblings, but these are double cousins - my mom's sister married my dad's brother.) Do you have a lot of relatives with autoimmune disorders as well?
I wonder, too, if it could be from overuse. I cut a bunch of vines off a fence yesterday and now both my shoulder joints are itching like fury.
Hi,
I am having this problem for 3-4 years, suddenly any of my joints starts itching(internal), which later on results in redness and warm swelling and stiffness..and then it disappears in a few days..
this has happened to my knees, ankle joints,hip joints,elbows and once in my right jaw..
My age is only 24, plzz suggest what this might be.. i personally doubt it to b an autoimmune arthritis..
please help!
I am having this problem for 3-4 years, suddenly any of my joints starts itching(internal), which later on results in redness and warm swelling and stiffness..and then it disappears in a few days..
this has happened to my knees, ankle joints,hip joints,elbows and once in my right jaw..
My age is only 24, plzz suggest what this might be.. i personally doubt it to b an autoimmune arthritis..
please help!
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I'm about the same age as you and this just started happening on my knuckles. Did you figure it out ever?
I get severe itching in my joints (knees, elbows, ankles, fingers) not the skin so much but what feels like right in the joint. i am positive it has nothing to do with my diet and it does occurs just before an outbreak of my Cutaneous Sarcoidosis. Which is also an autoimmune disease. I do think it is connected but what do you do about it? just weather the storm until it passes?
Although great to know I am not so crazy as my Doctor also gave me the "ummm yeh" when I tried to explain, but I would also like so relief.
Although great to know I am not so crazy as my Doctor also gave me the "ummm yeh" when I tried to explain, but I would also like so relief.
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